Inlaid Kris and Punang
Why posting this? I was discussing kris etc. on another board and a person from Indonesia mentioned he'd never seen any. Here are two weapons which both came from the Philippines. The short one, a punang?, came back with my dad in 1945, and I think I got the long one, the kris, in Manila in 1973.
I'd like to know if southeast Asian edged weapons inlaid with various metals are unique to the Philippines, or what. The punang (dagger) has brass and copper inlaid into grooves in the blade. The kris has a serpant or dragon-like recessed shape, the "scales" of which are inlaid with a silver-colored metal.
Thanks in advance!
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